26947
Title Of Article Chaper
The remanent magnetization of ancient struck coins
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeometry
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
175-186
Publisher
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art. Oxford University
Publisher City
Oxford
ISSN
0003-813X
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Magnetic and other measurements are reported for the Guehenno II Gallo-Roman hoard (56-France) which, amongst several thousand Tetricus antoniniani, contains 275 coins struck with the same dies. The orientation of the remanent magnetization is systematically directed outwards from the obverse confirming the identity of the anvil die with the obverse. The magnetization vector is statistically distributed around the vertical axis giving no indication of the geomagnetic inclination at the time of striking. Consequently ancient struck coins cannot be used for dating. The origin of the remanent magnetization was also investigated. -- AATA
Keywords
Brittany;France;Coin;Remanent magnetization;Dating AATA
pub_id
26947